Comments on: PALMS ON PALM SUNDAY: WHY?

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:22:28 +0000

This is called “Stupid” faith, based on tradition, not the Bible. Jesus went after the Pharisees for this stuff.

By: notastepfordsheep

notastepfordsheep — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:55:28 +0000

“Afterwards, while I was talking with a friend, an irate, elderly lady came up to me and told me I was dishonoring God in the way I was holding my palm. She then went on to demonstrate the ‘godly’ way to hold the palm in which the frond was held in open hands, no lower than waist level.”

You’re kidding. Who knew?!

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By: Lydia

Lydia — Mon, 03 May 2010 20:37:06 +0000

I do not know…I need to go back and look at the posts.

I think we need to ask a larger question when it comes to Driscoll. Why is he so popular with young men who profess Christ? What is the draw?

I met a woman last year on blogs that came out of his church. She wrote a lot about him. If I can remember her blog name, I will post it here.

By: Lydia

Lydia — Mon, 03 May 2010 20:35:06 +0000

He talked about going through her email in a series he did. I cannot remember which. He also does not want her meeting with women in the church because it is nothing but gossip fests and when she was in college, he went to every dorm room with guys in it in her building and warned them away from her. He is quite proud of all this.

I think the guy has serious problems.

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:30:57 +0000

Lydia,

Were you reading our blog when we covered Mark Driscoll a year ago?

By: dee

dee — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:11:55 +0000

Lydia

You are truly the Knower of All Things Personal (KATIP)! I couldn’t agree with you more. He lectures women whilst wearing his Mickey Mouse shirt. Frankly, that shirt says it all.Why would he even interject stuff like that into his talks. He is obviously not “put together” himself. This stuff would be laughable if it weren’t so strange.

I did not know that he goes through her emails first. I used to do followup on abuse situations when I did public health nursing. That sort of things would raise an alarm bell in terms of abuse-highly controlling, etc. Where did you find out that piece of information? I would like to read about it. I feel a post coming on.

By: Lydia

Lydia — Sun, 02 May 2010 18:12:13 +0000

The piece on Driscoll was so disgusting he had to take it off his site. Then he denied it was what he meant. (He does this often. Me thinks he is not very wise in his original thoughts)

It did not even make sense in light of the Haggard scandal because Haggard was attracted to men!

Anyway, I could not help but feel sorry for Mrs. Driscoll. Let us hope she never needs a double masectomy or has a disfiguring accident or is forced to take steriod for Lupus. I felt sorry for her for being married to someone so shallow who cannot simply love her for her spirituality and intellect. But then, she is married to a 40 year old who still wears puca shell necklaces and filters her emails before she can read them.

By: Muff Potter

Muff Potter — Sat, 01 May 2010 20:22:22 +0000

Dee,

Thank you for the fascinating post on the history of palm fronds and Christian Holy Week traditions.

Yes it is sad that this lovely tradition of free expression may be fading, or worse yet, placed in a confining legal structure such as the one insisted upon by the elderly lady you described.